THE HON E W C WELD-FORESTER WILL TRUST

Registered charity 1105582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity applies its income for the benefit of any of the specified beneficiaries who may be poor and needy.

Objects

TO APPLY THE ANNUAL INCOME OF MY RESIDUARY TRUST FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A HOME FOR AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE EXCLUSIVELY OF THE OTHER OR OTHERS OF MY BROTHERS SISTERS NEPHEWS AND NIECES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ISSUE AND THE SURVIVING HUSBAND OR WIFE OF ANY SUCH PERSON WHO SHALL BE POOR AND NEEDY AND IN THE OPINION OF MY TRUSTEES SUITABLE RECIPIENTS OF CHARITY AS MY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION WITHOUT BEING LIABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EXERCISE OF SUCH DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£49k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £58,201 for the year, driven by a significant investment loss of £59,271 which offset investment income of £49,654. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £63,032, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)
“Income from stocks and shares 49,654”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to fund the ongoing administration of the trust over the next financial year (held: £63k)
“It is the Trustee's policy to maintain sufficient reserves to fund the ongoing administration of the trust over the next financial year.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees' family members received grants totaling £6,600 and are creditors at year end.
“G E Holdsworth Hunt and H C Dyer Trustees have family members that received grants totaling £6,600 and are creditors at year end. ( 2024: 2 Trustees family members received grants totaling £4,500” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£50k£49k
05/04/2024£51k£45k
05/04/2023£51k£57k
05/04/2022£49k£48k
05/04/2021£39k£84k

Common questions

Is THE HON E W C WELD-FORESTER WILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £58,201 for the year, driven by a significant investment loss of £59,271 which offset investment income of £49,654. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £63,032, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.